Reply #48: Kerry is not gaffe prone and he IS a patriot

[karynnj]

There is no one who has been out in public as often as Kerry who has not made as many or more comments - that when distorted - are embarrassing.

You miss what really happened in 2006. Kerry was the person who spoke out on Iraq. The centrists in the Democratic party thought it was politicly better for the Democrats to stay silent on Iraq so the issue would be corruption. Kerry's position was that it was immoral NOT to try to get the policy changed in Iraq when people, including him, were convinced soldiers were dying for a plan that would not work. (Remember the same leaders also didn't want to fight Alito - with his record of being behind the idea of a unitary President - because it changed the subject from corruption. - Kerry was right morally on both issues.)

In fall 2006, Iraq was the big issue and it did help that the Democrats were on record as having a position that differed with the Republicans. (The Levin amandment would not have happened if there was no Kerry/Feingold amendment.) Kerry was the strong voice out there in fall 2006. He also was hitting back when many of the vets running for the first time were swiftboated - in at least some cases making the difference between winning and losing. It is no wonder the Republicans aimed an attack on him.

The error of skipping one word (or a whole line) happens when people give a large number of speeches. The gaffe was so slight that 2 people from this board who were there did not even mention it in the comments on the rally they posted. It also lierally didn't say what several RW sources all simultaneously accused it of saying. The media had the prepared text - with the joke in it - before the speech was given. This was nothing but swiftboating as even Pat Buchanan said.

My guess is that even if Kerry would have said "us", there would have been some sentence somewhere when he has spoken of Iraq thet they would have twisted. The story in fact was dying when it expanded after Hillary and Schumer spoke. They are the ones that should be ashamed of themselves. Hillary, who had just defended and praised her husband's ill mannered rage against Wallace was a complete hypocrite saying that Kerry's comments were "inappropriate".)